Definitions for landing gear

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

land′ing gear`(n.)

  1. the wheels, floats, etc., of an aircraft, upon which it lands and moves on ground or water.

    Category: Aeronautics

Origin of landing gear:

1910–15

Princeton's WordNet

  1. landing gear(noun)

    an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground

Wiktionary

  1. landing gear(Noun)

    the wheels, tyres, brakes, shock absorbers etc of an aircraft; its undercarriage


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